Munich, Germany — ASM Assembly Systems has been named the overall winner in Produktion magazine's annual "Factory of the Year/Global Excellence in Operations" contest. Sponsored by Produktion and by consultancy A.T. Kearney, the respected award recognizes the exceptional flexibility ...

Cambridge, MA — Almost all solid materials, from rubber and glass to granite and steel, inevitably expand when heated. Only in very rare instances do certain materials buck this thermodynamic trend and shrink with heat. For instance, cold water will contract at temperatures between 0 and 4°C (32 ...

Naples, FL — Megan Wendling, president of global electronics marketing and assembly consultancy firm MW Associates, has been honored with two awards by SMTA China. She has received the organization's Councilor of the Year award, for the eighth consecutive year, along with the Long Service award. ...

Madison, WI — Will Moore's Law continue to dominate semiconductor development, or will silicon finally reach its limits? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, may have found just the answer that the semiconductor industry has been anticipating for many years. The answer may well be ...

Raleigh, NC — Researchers from North Carolina State University, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a novel approach to materials characterization, using Bayesian statistical methods to gain new insight into the structure of materials ...

Palo Alto, CA — Some 25,000 software and video game titles, as well as the original box covers and other period artwork they shipped with have been rescued from oblivion. They represent a collection belonging to a young man named Stephen Cabrinety who filled his home with video games and software ...

Bannockburn, IL — The North American PCB Market Report, published by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® reported IPC's final estimates of 2015 market size for rigid PCBs and flexible circuits in North America. Although North American PCB production decreased 4.3 percent in 2015 ...

By Steve LeberstienCharleston, TN — Wacker Chemie AG, in what is the Munich-based company's largest single investment to date, has opened a $2.5 billion production site in Charleston, Tennessee. At full capacity, the plant will produce 20,000 metric tons of pure polysilicon per year. The company expects ...

By Walter SalmWest Sacramento, CA — It's a Shell gas station, but the sign above the fuel pump says "LINDE," and on the end of the island, it says "Hydrogen." Okay, it's a hydrogen fueling station, and the gas is supplied by specialty gas provider Linde. As of this writing, it is the northernmost ...

Bannockburn, IL — Total North American PCB shipments in April 2016 were 5.6 percent above the same month last year, causing year-to-date growth to remain at 5.5 percent for the first four months of the year. Compared to the preceding month, April shipments were down 16.8 percent.

By Quintin Armstrong and Satoshi Otake, Saki CorporationIn today's litigious world, 3D automated X-ray inspection has become a necessity, especially in the automotive, medical, and aerospace industries. When boards are exposed to high heat, voids can result in explosions and electrical failures. Head-in-pillow and non-wetting solder joints ...

Albuquerque, NM — In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that's home to the world's largest naval station and important seaports, catastrophic flooding could damage more than homes and roads. A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would ...

NEUILLY-PLAISANCE, FRANCE - Asteelflash, leading global Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, has had tremendous results in 2015, with its revenue strongly growing compared to 2014. The French-owned company is on the edge and investing resources in offering the most relevant footprint to its customers, along with new capabilities and cutting edge value added services.

NEWTOWN, CT - (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In its newly updated "The Market for Electronic Attack Systems" intelligence report, Forecast International projects that $5.1 billion (in FY16 U.S. dollars) will be spent on the production of major electronic attack (EA) programs from 2016 through 2025. The top contractors during this timeframe as they relate to this sampling of leading EA systems will be Raytheon, Harris, Northrop Grumman, and Thales.

Gaithersburg, MD — When a long-awaited quantum information network finally arrives, in whatever form, it will incorporate two essential technologies: a method of generating and manipulating quantum bits (qubits); and a method of moving those qubits from one network node to another one far away without ...

Albuquerque, NM — Components housed in stainless steel for protection against extreme environments encountered in the aerospace and defense industries require paths for electricity to power and communicate with them. Those paths in turn need a reliable insulation seal to prevent contact with the metal case ...

Bannockburn, IL — IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released the January 2016 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and orders slumped in January, but orders continued to outpace sales, bringing the book-to-bill ratio up to ...